My Classes
I was born in Rome in 1970. Married with Cristina, we have one daughter, Caterina. I live in Varese and (partly) in Bologna.
I had the following experiences as Visiting Professor:
2006 – 2014 : Theological Faculty of Lugano (CH) Teaching experience: - Diritto ecclesiastico (Law and Religion) - Diritto patrimoniale canonico (Church Patrimonial Law)
2014 – 2015 : Law School , University of Leicester (UK)
2015: Law and Business School, De Montfort University (UK)
2017: Law School, Istanbul University (TR)
About Me
Special Projects
Education; Grants & Fellowships
• 1995: Laurea in Giurisprudenza nell’UniversitaÌ€ degli Studi di Milano (Graduate, Milan University)
• Dottorato di Ricerca in Diritto ecclesiastico e canonico nell’UniversitaÌ€ degli Studi di Perugia (Ph.D, Ecclesiastical and Canon Law, Perugia University)
• 1999: PhD Student Grant-mantained, Department of Public Law, University of Bern (CH) (Grant Foundation: Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research). Research Project: Blasphemy Crimes in Italy and Switzerland.
• 2000 – 2002: Research Fellow, University ofMilan. Research Project: Blasphemy Crimes in Europe.
• 2002 – 2005 : Grants from CNR (National Council of Research, Italy) as coordinator of the Research Group “Religious Symbols in multicultural Society”.
• 2009 – 2011: Grants from Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research as participant in program of reserarch “La prassi della giustizia in Italia dall’antico regime all’etaÌ€ napoleonica, dal diritto comune ai codici”.
• 2011-2014: Direction of the Research “Public funding of religious groups in Switzerland”, granted by Pica – Alfieri Foundation.
• 2017: Direction of Research: State’s secularism between social secularisation and de-secularisation: the legal experiences of Italy, France, Turkey and Spain compared. Research founded by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Peer Reviewer and Referee; Research Evaluation
•Member of the Ministerial Commission on Religious Pluralism in Public Schools (since 2015).
• National Rapporteur (Italy) on Religious Freedom and Religious Discrimination on the Workplace, European Consortium For Church and State Research (2015).
• Collaborator for LABDI,Emilia Romagna Laboratory on Forms
of Discriminations, Institutions and Positive Actions (2008 – 2010).
• Member of the International Research Network “International Law in Africa”, having its Headquarter in University ofLeicester, School ofLaw.
•Member of the Board of the Training
Course on Discriminations organized and managed by University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Region Emilia Romagna (2017).
•Member of the Board of PQA (Quality Assurance Group) of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (2017 -)
•Member of the Board of the Modena Group of ReAcT ER - Regional Anti-discrimination Network in Emilia-Romagna
Other professional issues
Member of the Address Committee of the Fondazione di Vignola
Expert for the RSI (Italian - Switzerland Broadcast Company) in many events
Peer Reviewer for: Ius Ecclesiae, Ashgate Publisher, Il Diritto Ecclesiastico, Lo Stato
Referee of the Italian Ministry of University and Research and for ANVUR (National Agency for the Evaluation of the University and Research Systems).
I received a HIGH qualification (“Elevato”) by the last Evaluation ofthe Quality ofResearch in Italy (see VQR 2011-2014).
I was prized by the Italian Ministry of the University for the Quality of Research in 2017 (Research 2012 - 2017).